Port Facilities, Gallery. RDC ScanEx

Gallery

Title
Port Facilities

Date of Imagery
03.06.2004

Imaging system
BHRC-60 (QuickBird-2)

1030 x 907
BMP (2 739 Kb)

Port Facilities

Many Western European countries, which lack own hydrocarbon deposits, actively import hydrocarbon raw materials. This requires running distributed systems of onshore oil off-loading terminals. High and very high resolution space imagery is efficient in the process of evaluating technical state of adjacent onshore and offshore areas and detecting potential harm to technical facilities associated with natural and anthropogenic effects.

This 2.4meter resolution image was received by BHRC-60 imagery system from QuickBird-2 satellite. It captures in detail the combination of natural and economical phenomena occurring in the covered area. The image shows the oil off-loading terminal in northern Spain. The port industrial facilities appear in fine detail. The white circular objects represent storage vessels for petroleum products, the “boxes”, which stand out against the background of port sea area, indicate the off-loading terminals.

A tanker is stationed at one of the terminals. The image clearly shows the port infrastructure and adjacent territory. For instance, one could see a road network in the south part of the image.

The south part of the image details man-made terraces on the mountain slope. They were formed as the result of expanding the shore area to allow for terminal construction. The material produced therefore was likely to be used for building the pier, which is comprised of large blocks of stone. The blocks help breaking the waves of the Biscay Bay. The image outlines the shore in good detail and in particular the associated facilities.

Title:	Port Facilities
Date of Imagery:	03.06.2004
Imaging system:	BHRC-60 (QuickBird-2)

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